Hampton Inn Glenwood Springs Co

But not neccessarily the sun. Glenwood Springs has been offering up their naturally heated hot springs since 1888. For about $14.00 you can soak in it too. Got to say we all loved the 104 degree therapy pool. Out of the pool it was a cold 40 degrees. You could feel the cold mist when your shoulders ...

Started off the day dealing with unexpected car troubles. After spending hours at the closest Subaru dealer, they couldn't do the brakes today as they needed parts. Supposedly they'll finish first thing tomorrow and we'll be on our way with only a couple hour delay.

The girls slept late while I was at the car place, and came later with Hannah and her grandma and we had lunch. After we ate they went to a local hot ...

Up early again today for the long drive to Carbondale, Colorado. We took Highway 285 north through Santa Fe, and up to Route 82 for the exciting trek through Independence Pass and on to Aspen. We enjoyed the wonderful scenery as we moved through northern New Mexico and into Colorado. We saw some elk, and the mountains off in the distance were beautiful throughout the trip.

As we started up ...

... much the same as Nevada although closer to Utah the terrain changes. Large red canyons- much like the Grand Canyon. Some spots are spectacular. The road is fairly winding and some 6% grades. All that winding and twisting combined with hot stuffy air again made Andrew car sick. Poor kid has had a tough go of it all day. We got to Rifle about 730pm. The camp sight is off the main highway about ...

... plateau surrounded by canyons carved by the Colorado and Green rivers and is only connected to the surrounding area by a 40 foot wide connection. On this Isle the plateau is a mix of grassland and desert. Surrounded by cliffs that drop 100's of feet to the river valleys below.

It is hard to get standard size photos to do justice to these parks. If there was a place for panoramic photos these parks are definitely among them. Those will be coming later ...

... was an interesting experience. It was full and my seat mate kept making AH-Hum noises every few minutes!! Luckily I am blessed with a powerful need to sleep on airplanes!! Our flight from ORD to LHR was delayed about 45 minutes due to inboud aircraft. The flight was full, but I had a great seat thanks to Gail (bulkhead right behind business). My seat mate this time was travelling with his wife and son but they started to ...

Took the roadtrip back out to Glenwood springs. Hit up Glenwood Springs after hiking Hanging Lake.

Great vertical hike. Lake actually hangs off the side of a mountain, small trickle of waterfall.

Humbling to have 6 year olds point out your fear of heights as you are scaling rock trails.

Amazing. But reaffirmed my everworsening fear of heights. Andy had a good time watching me crawl down rocks on my ass. Pathetic!

... fitness shape, but I know I will sleep good tonight. We were planning on taking off and seeing the rest of Colorado tomorrow morning, but they are calling for about a foot of snow here overnight, so we might get snowed in!! We will keep you updated of course :) Off to eat some dinner. Loreana's awesome tamales and flautas, nothing like authentic mexican food. Talk to you later....Love, Kara and Chris

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15/3/06 – Beaver Creek/Denver

Cold and snowy and my boots were really uncomfortable yesterday. Mark and Ross just took the boys ...

... night. Yesterday was absolutly AMAZING though. We all got up at 8 to go hire bikes to do a bike trail through the gorges in the mountains. We got our bikes, and by the time frodo and I had made and packed our lunch, the girls had already left. So Frodo, me and a British guy by the name of Dale who came with us, all headed off in persuit. The trail itself was amazing. Nothing but mountains and trees surrouding us. All in all it was about 16 km to a place called ...